If you are motivated by loving kindness and compassion, there are many ways to bring happiness to others right now, starting with kind speech.

The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.

Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later.

It is best if we do not listen to or look at the person whom we consider to be the cause of our anger. Like a fireman, we have to pour water on the blaze first and not waste time looking for the one who set the house on fire. "Breathing in, I know that I am angry. Breathing out, I know that I must put all my energy into caring for my anger." So we avoid thinking about the other person, and we refrain from doing or saying anything as long as our anger persists. If we put all our mind into observing our anger, we will avoid doing any damage that we may regret later.

If you have the chance to be exposed to a loving, understanding environment where the seed of compassion, loving kindness, can be watered every day, then you become a more loving person.

We have to have loving speech. And if we are honest, if we are true, terrorists will open their hearts. Then we practice compassionate listening, and we can learn so much about our own perception and their perception. Only after that can we help remove wrong perception. That is the best way, the only way, to remove terrorism.

If we know how to create the energy of love, understanding, compassion, and beauty, then we can contribute a lot to the world.